The Veteran's service connection claim for CAA with dementia, including AL amyloidosis, as a result of exposure to Agent Orange is remanded due to the need for an addendum opinion regarding the etiology and relationship to his active duty service.
The deciding factor: An addendum opinion is needed to determine if the Veteran's condition is related to his active duty service, specifically his conceded exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- CAA (Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy), AL amyloidosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19195271
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to AL amyloidosis, which was presumed to be related to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents. The Veteran's death certificate noted that AL amyloidosis contributed substantially or materially to his death.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's AL amyloidosis may be service-connected on a presumptive basis due to his service in the Southwest Asia Theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War. However, a new medical opinion is needed to determine whether this condition constitutes an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is related to the effective dates for SMC benefits. The Board has determined that these issues are remanded due to insufficient information regarding his employment status prior to August 10, 2022.,The Veteran was granted SMC based on aid and attendance as of May 4, 2018, and SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114, subsection (p) and 38 C.F.R. § 3.350(f)(3) at the rate intermediate between subsection (l) and subsection (m) based on bilateral nuclear contact with primary open-angle glaucoma as of May 4, 2018. The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date is denied.,The Veteran was granted SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114, subsection (p) and 38 C.F.R. § 3.350(f)(3) at the rate equal to subsection (m) with additional disability of obstructive sleep apnea as of August 10, 2022. The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date is denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a heart disorder, hypertension, and AL amyloidosis due to an incomplete duty to assist regarding potential herbicide exposure.
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